Brain fog. | ADHD Information

To Beatrice - you posted about having fibromyalgia due to untreated ADD.  I'm with you on that theory - I am 79 y/o and have had fibro for 25 years, doing all kinds of research on it since then.  I think that people who have ADD develop fibromyalgia because they are always up tight, so unsure that they have not made mistakes, and keep going back over what they did to check on themselves, and worrying that they have missed something important.. and maybe being so overwhelmed by responsibilities in their lives that they do make mistakes and forget things too often.  Having fibro in itself is overwhelming and I can't imagine having small children as well.I have fibromyalgia now due to untreated add ( well that is my theory) usually the brain fog in fibro comes from the illness but I have had add symtoms all my life.  Fibro only 5 years.  Try having both and small kids.  No wonder I am on the verge of a breakdown!!I guess that's the best description I've heard, "Brain Fog"  rolls off the tongue.  Definately fits what state my brain is in many times a day.Now that charlie is three I can handle the fibro  better as I can nap in the day and just take lots of walks and some painkillers and avoid too much time on the computer.  I would say the symptoms from the add are worse than the fibro. because they are so stressful.  Does anybody else experience brain fog?

The hardest part for me about ADD is dealing with the brain fog. I never take a vacation from Adderall XR, but sometimes when I don't take my second dose soon enough and the first dose wears off i have this feeling of mental paralysis. 

It becomes very hard to think, I can harldly hold a conversation and reading or writing becomes near impossible. My mind feels empty. Then it immediately passes once I take my second dose. But it worries me. It makes me realize how utterly dependent I am on prescription stimulants, and that without them I would probably lose (or quit) my job.
OrangePills39119.7532407407Dear Orangepills:  I sure can relate to what you're going through.  I am 79 y/o and just recently figured out what has been wrong with me for years, and brain fog has been a serious problem for me, but I have the chronic pain of fibromyalgia.  I think the fibromyalgia came from the uncertainties accompanying ADD, the going back numerous times to check on myself, making awful mistakes, being unable to remember anything.  These problems have kept me so tense for so many years, I don't know how to relax, and hence the fibromyalgia.  I do not take any medication for the ADD or the fibromyalgia as drugs would just add to my troubles.[QUOTE=Parduse]

 

Or like somebody farted cold molasses in your head and it takes forever to process your thoughts through it.

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  That's going to stay with me all day now.  lol

I know exactly what you mean. Its like the amount of energy required to read with your glasses on then reading with them off.

Its like your thoughts get lost in some kind of clear mental Jello.

Or like somebody farted cold molasses in your head and it takes forever to process your thoughts through it.

I get it anytime I don't take my Adderall. I would prefer not to have it but I don't worry because I can't do anything about it. Yes I am chained to medication, but at least its just a pill and not dialisys or insuline.

I have had "brain fog" as far back as I can remember.

The pinched nerves in my neck make it even worse.

Especially when the muscles are knotted up like a rock.
kidd -that's why I keep procastinating going to the doc. I'm scared they need to operate. My neck problem comes from my idiot ex who ran me over a cliff intentionally in our car with one of his temper tantrums

I totally get what your saying Lee74. I feel the exact same way. I realize that another persons crisis is as real to them as mine are to me. That doesn't stop me from wanting to grab them by the ears, stare into there eyes, and yell "Your life problems are trivial and you need to shut up until your life goes to sh*t. Then we can talk! Jees get some real problems."

I don't really want to be a smartass to people, but some people need a reality check that things can get a lot worse.

At work I also face countless meetings and would love to say "If you guys will let me take my Adderral you guys can meet all you want and in the mean time I will go fix whatever the hell your meeting to talk about."

Its a good thing I use better judgement at work though.

Parduse39137.7391319444I know, at work sometimes, when Im trying to figure something out, I feel like my head is filled with cement.

I know that feeling but is it just me that can also just see thru all the mindless crap that other people go on and on about and just want to get it all over with quick?  I hope that makes sense.  It seems like the so called "easy" stuff just paralyzes me with details nobody else cares about but the so called "difficult" decisions are just excuses for people to discuss it into the ground.  That's usually when I feel the opposite of "brain fog" and come off as obnoxious and blunt.

In other words, while I get the "farted cold molasses in my head" brain fog feeling totally, I'm also the type who can't help but want to blurt out "um, maybe instead of 27 meetings a day changing things just as we're getting the hang of them, maybe you could just shut up and let us work.  Hmmm, that might work"

Doesn't make you too popular unless you ARE the CEO, you know? 

I'm sensing an "always inappropriate in comparison to others" pattern to all this. I think that's more the key for me.  Anyone else get what I mean?

Lee7439137.6404513889

Brain fog is what led me to finally go to the psych-doc and try some aderall.   Definitely worse when I don't take it. 

It's funny, as I was reading this post I was 'fogging out'.  Since it's the weekend I'm not taking my meds.  Or at least I try not to.

Geez, I'm actually NOT alone!!!!!!!! YES I do suffer and experience 'Brain Fog' nearly all the time!! and it feels like my brains 'conked' out so to speak, like it needs recharging more than other peoples, the fact I have SID doesn't help my cause either!! but yes peoples I CAN relate 100% to this!!

Selena

 

[QUOTE=worldisround]I have had "brain fog" as far back as I can remember.

The pinched nerves in my neck make it even worse.

Especially when the muscles are knotted up like a rock.
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I had a couple of herniated discs in my neck removed about 15 years ago, and for a few years now when I use my muscles for strenuous activity like shovling snow, it can really be debilitating physically, but mentally the brain fog settles in and it feels like extreme presure as if its cutting blood/oxygen flow and I get lame brain.  I was getting worried lately, especialy the other day when we got dumped on with all that snow.  My neck is killing me and I dread having to go back to have it repaired.  What worries me most is the release form you sign that absolves the doctor of criminal liabillity if he twitches or picks his nose and throws me into a pea-soup fog.